The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-24
WINSTON, N. c., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY a. 1887

sideration at section "a, where it left |
off yesterday.
An important section of this bill,
relating to marriage license, was
amended, and the fee reduced to 30 |
cents amid great applause.
At 1:45 the whole bill, having been |
considered, it was passed as amended |
almost unanimously.
NIGHT SESSION.
The House adopted the resolution
to adjourn March 7th. ~.
Bill to amend charter OF High |
Point and Randleman r. r. passed |
3rd reading.
The House took up as a special
order, Mr.. Sutton's bill to create a
Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1t appro.
priated $1,000 the first year, $1,000
thereafter to be taken from the receipts
for fertilizers taxes. 1t passed its 2dn
and 3rd readings.
THIRTY-NINTH DAY, 18th.
SENArE.-Thef following resolutions
were introduced: To amend section
648 Code. To amend charter OF Hen
derson. To allow Alexander county
to levy a special tax. To Incorporate
Guilford county Battle Ground. Bill
to provide the efficiency of State
Guard, appropriating not exceeding
$4,000 in any one year passed End
reading. Ayes 25, nays IA.
House. Resolutions were intry-
duced to prevent gambling. To elect
Justices of the Peace by the qualified
voters of the State. To prevent the
squandering of the public school fund.
To punish false pretences in securing
the sequestration of cattle. To en-
power Meyer Hahn, late sheriff of
Craven county to collect arrears of
taxes. The bill to amend the charter
of Reidsville passed second reading.
The bill to amend the charter of High |
Point and Randleman railroad pass
ed third reading. The School bill
was taken up and the House went in
to committee of the whole, upon it,
Mr.. Holt in the chair. The bill was
considered by sections. Section 1 was
adopted, providing for the beginning
of the fiscal school year July 1. Af
ter discussion the whole bill was adopt
ed.
FORTIETH DAY, 18th.
SENATE.-The bill providing for |
the increasing of the State Guard ap-
preparations passed third reading |
with an amendment striking out the |
provisions for an annual encampment. |
HOUSE principal bills intro
duced were as follows To charter
Asheville and Tennessee railway; to
counties to hire convicts to work on
public ROADS. To prohibit the sale of |
poisonous or drugged liquors and to
appoint inspectors of liquors in the
various counties. To allow Greens |
boro to issue 100000 bonds for i'm
provements.
FoRTY-FIRsT DAY, 21sT.
SENATE. following bills were
introduced To incorporate the Orc |
Knob mining and railway company;
to increase the number of Supreme |
court justices to four.
The following bills passed third
reading: To amend the charter of the
town Of Fayetteville to incorporate
the Randleman and High Point r. r.
Co.
The following passed 2nd reading
To authorize Alexander county to lew
a special tax.
The bill to provide tor the payment
Of a claim Of Rev. Solomon j. Pool
against The University, which was
tabled last Saturday, was taken from
the table and passed.
HoUsE-Bills introduced: To al
low Dare county to levy a special tax;
to amend the charter Of the South At
lantic and Northwestern railroad.
To prevent the sale Of convict made
goods.
To provide free trade in Colds
boro.
The following bills passed the third
reading:
To authorize the penitentiary to
hire fifty convicts to the town Of Mad
ison to grade a road.
To incorporate the Durham and
Southern railway company.
To incorporate the East Carolina
railway and land company.
To incorporate the Shelby. Glen
Alpine and Cranberry railway com
pany.
To amend and consolidate the acts
incorporating Morehead city.
To charter Elizabeth city.
To authorize Murfresboro township,
Hertford county, to issue bonds in aid
of railway.
The following passed second read
ing:
To incorporate Kinston and Snow
Hill Railway company.
SO incorporate the Central and
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